Conference Programme

Wednesday 9th November

09:30 Field Visit Heritage Coast - past, present and future. Pick up Premier Inn, Durham City, Freemans Reach Durham DH1 1SQ Arrive back at conference venue 13:00.

13:00 Registration and Lunch

13:45 Welcome and introduction to the conference Chair, Amy Pryor, Thames Estuary Partnership, Secretary, Coastal Partnerships Network

13:55 An introduction to the work of the local coastal partnership: Heritage Coast Partnership, Sunderland, Durham and Hartlepool Niall Benson – Heritage Coast Officer

14:10 Blue New Deal Fernanda Balata, New Economics Foundation

14:30 Marine Planning Milly Metcalfe and Sam Wright, Marine Management Organisation

14:50 EU SIMCelt initiative: Cross-border marine planning in the Celtic Seas Rhona Fairgrieve, Scottish Coastal Forum

15:10 Questions

15:20 Tea, Exhibitions, Networking

15:50 Department of (Coastal) Communities and Local Government Liz Byron, Coastal Regeneration Team, DCLG 16:10 Stewards, Guardians or Trustees? Natasha Bradshaw, Doctoral Researcher, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

16:30 Partnerships Round Robin

17:20 Summing up Day 1 Amy Pryor, Thames Estuary Partnership, Secretary, Coastal Partnerships Network

17:30 to 18:30 - Professional Development Workshop

20:00 CPN Dinner –Lebaneat, North Bailey, Durham

Thursday 10th November

09:00 Registration and refreshments

09:10 Welcome Chair, Caroline Salthouse, North West Coastal Forum

09:15 Local Government Association Coastal Special Interest Group Bill Parker, Coastal Partnership East & Lead Officer LGA Coastal SIG

09:40 The Future is Ours to Shape – Workshop session 1 Policy and Practice – CPN offer and ask Introduction: Niall Benson, Chair CPN

10:20 Feedback

10:40 Refreshments, Exhibitions, Networking

11:00 Crossing the Rubicon – Workshop session 2 Ways and Means Introduction: Sue Hawley, Isle of Wight Estuaries

11:50 Feedback

12:10 Summing up and main conference close Caroline Salthouse, North West Coastal Forum

12:30 Lunch

13:00 CPN Business Meeting

Timings and programme is subject to change. Finalised programme will be sent out a week before the conference.